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Literate vs Implied - What's the difference?

literate | implied |

As adjectives the difference between literate and implied

is that literate is able to read and write; having literacy while implied is suggested without being stated directly.

As a noun literate

is a person who is able to read and write.

As a verb implied is

(imply).

literate

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to read and write; having literacy.
  • Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
  • Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
  • * 2005 , Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World , Harper:
  • The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.

    Antonyms

    * illiterate

    Derived terms

    * computer literate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is able to read and write
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    implied

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suggested without being stated directly.
  • Antonyms

    * (suggested without being stated) verbal, express

    Derived terms

    * impliedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (imply)